Walmart to be prosecuted for firing striking workers, union group says

  • Workers' rights groups demonstrate in the street in front of Walmart offices, Washington, USA
Workers’ rights groups demonstrate in the street in Washington. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency that oversees workers’ rights, is to announce decision to prosecute Walmart for firing, discipling and threatening workers who went on strike or attempted to unionise, according to the group organising the strikes.

Our Walmart, a union-backed group, said the NLRB will prosecute the company for illegally firing and disciplining 117 workers, including some who went on strike in June. The board’s decision will also include threats by managers and spokespeople aimed at discouraging them from striking, Our Walmart said.

Read More : http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/18/walmart-prosecuted-union-strike-workers

3 thoughts on “Our Walmart says National Labor Relations Board will demand action against Walmart for illegally firing and disciplining workers”
  1. How Secret Global Trade Talks Can Destroy the Internet

    Talks on the two biggest trade agreements in history are reaching critical stages, and none of us knows anything about them. Like it or not, this is ignorance by design: Months of negotiations across both oceans have proceeded in secret, even as these…

Leave a Reply to New Charges Against Walmart – The Los ZoneCancel reply

Discover more from CLINICALNEWS.ORG

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading